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(B.  A.  I.  Order  KB.; 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


RULE  8.-T0  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  LIP  A>D  LEti  DISEISE 
(NECROBACILLOSIS)  IS  SHEEP.  "'*>EASt 

Effective  on  and  after  August  12,  WO'J. 


U.  S.  Departiient  of  Agkiculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretaky. 
The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture   and 
not.ce  .s  hereby  given  that  a  contagious,  comnnaiable  di'eu^  kno w 
^f  w';:.!:.'  """"  (---^-'"-i.,)  exi...  a„.ong  sh.ep  in  the  ^ 
Nov.-,   therefore,  I,  James   Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agkuultlke 

al::  to  wil        •  '''^'  ""^  '""'^-  '^"«^^"«-  ''^^  f""-="-^ 

All  territory  in  the  State  of  Wyoming  situate  within  the  boundaries 
of    he  count.es  o    Fremont,  Natrona,  Converse,  Weston.  Crook   SheW 
dan,  Johnson,  and  Big  Horn. 

During  the  existence  of  this  quarantine  the  interstate  transportation 

vdld'TrlThe"  r  ".''  -'"^  °'  ''''^^•^'  *^^<=^'''  -  hereinXr  ;:  : 
vided   from    he  sa.d  area  here..,  quarantined  is  hereby  prohibited 

1  Sheep  that  are  affected  with  lip  and  leg  diseae  shall  u  der  no 
cond,t,ons  be  removed  interstate  from  the  quarantined  area. 

2.  Sheep  that  are  not  affected  with  lip  and  leg  disease  but  which  have 
been  exposed  to  the  contagion  of  the  disease  may  be  moved  in    .',1 

tinglnTr:"'  "'''  ^''-  ■''"'''"'  °^  ^^«""^  purposes  at. 
mpping  under  Bureau  supervision  as  hereinafter  set  forth,  or  thev  m-.v 

be  sh.pped  interstate  as  hereinafter  provided  to  a  recooni  ed  JlauVrr 
mg  center  or  immediate  slaughter  without  dipping.  ° 

3    Hea  thy  sheep  that  have  not  been  exposed  to  the  contagion  of  lip 
anlleg  disease  may  be  moved  interstate  from  the  quarantined     .• 
only  when  they  are  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  hispect  on  Lued 

nfov:m:::''"sr "'  ^^  ^r^^"  °'  '^"™'^'  ^"-^-'■••v  ^i^z,^t. 

movement,     bheep    shipped    interstate    under    a    certifi.-if.    irr. 
tenupted  transit ;  for  in  the  event  of  the  discovery  of  lip  and  leg  disease 


or  of  exposure  thereto  en  route  the  sheep  shall  thereafter  be  handled  as 
diseased  or  exposed  sheep,  as  herein  provided,  and  the  cars  or  other 
vehicles  and  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  which  have  been  occupied  by 
them  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  or  properly  placarded  as  herein- 
after provided. 

4.  When  it  is  desired  to  dip  exposed  sheep  for  interstate  shipment  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  this  may  be  done  in  one  of  the  cresol  or  coal-tar 
creosote  dips  permitted  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  in  the  official 
dipping  of  sheep  for  scabies,  provided  the  dip  is  used  at  a  strength  one- 
fourth  greater  than  that  specified  for  use  in  the  dipping  of  sheep  for 
scabies.  The  dipping  shall  be  done  carefully  and  the  sheep  handled  as 
humanely  as  possible.  The  Department  disclaims  responsibility  for 
any  loss  or  damage  resulting  from  the  dipping,  and  those  who  wish  to 
avoid  any  risks  that  may  be  incident  to  dipping  in  transit,  as  well  as  to 
avoid  liabilit}^  to  prosecution  for  shipping  diseased  animals,  should  see 
that  their  sheep  are  free  from  disease  before  shipping  them  to  market. 

5.  When,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  exposed  sheep  are  shipped  inter- 
state v>dthout  dipping  for  immediate  slaughter,  the  proper  officers  of  the 
transportation  company  shall  affix  to  both  sides  of  each  car  a  durable 
placard  not  less  than  6 J  by  10  inches  in  size,  on  which  shall  be  printed 
wdth  permanent  black  ink  in  bold-face  letters  not  less  than  li  inches  in 
height  the  words  "SHEEP  FOR  SLAUGHTER  EXPOSED  TO  LIP 
AND  LEG  DISEASE."  These  placards  shall  also  show  the  name  of 
the  place  from  which  the  shipment  was  made,  the  date  of  the  shipment 
(which  must  correspond  with  the  date  of  the  waybills  and  other  papers), 
the  name  of  the  transportation  company,  and  the  name  of  the  place  of 
destination.  Each  of  the  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda, 
and  bills  of  lading  pertaining  to  such  shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall 
have  the  words  "EXPOSED  TO  LIP  AND  LEG  DISEASE"  written 
or  stamped  on  its  face.  Whenever  such  shipments  are  transferred  to 
another  transportation  company  or  into  other  cars  or  into  other  boats, 
or  are  rebilled  or  reconsigned  to  a  point  other  than  the  original  desti- 
nation, the  cars  into  which  said  sheep  are  transferred  and  the  new  way- 
bills, conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  covering  such 
shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall  be  marked  as  herein  specified  for  cars 
first  carrying  said  sheep  and  for  the  billing,  etc.,  covering  the  same.  If 
for  any  reason  the  placards  herein  required  are  removed  from  the  car  or 
are  destroyed  or  rendered  illegible,  they  shall  be  immediately  replaced  by 
the  transportation  company  or  its  agents,  the  intention  being  that  leg- 
ible placards  shall  be  maintained  on  the  cars  from  the  time  of  shipment 
until  they  arrive  at  destination  and  the  disposition  of  the  cars  is  indi- 
cated by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

6.  All  public  stock  j^ards,  feeding  stations,  and  approaches,  chutes, 
alleys,  and  pens  thereof  which  have  contained  diseased  animals  shall, 
before  healthy  or  nonexposed  animals  for  interstate  transportation  are 


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placed  therein,  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  as  hereinafter  provided. 
Failure  to  clean  and  disinfect  said  places  will  subject  them  to  quar- 
antine. 

7.  Cars  and  other  vehicles,  yards,  pens,  sheds,  chutes,  alleys,  etc., 
that  have  contained  diseased  sheep  bhaW  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  in 
the  following  manner:  Remove  all  litter  and  manure  from  all  portions 
of  the  cars,  including  the  ledges  and  framework  outside,  and  from  the 
posts,  floors,  and  fences  of  yards,  pens,  sheds,  chutes,  alleys,  etc.,  and 
empty  all  troughs,  racks,  or  other  feeding  or  watering  facilities;  then 
saturate  the  entire  interior  surface  of  the  cars,  including  the  inner  sur- 
face of  the  car  doors,  or  the  entire  surface  of  the  fences,  posts,  floors, 
troughs,  and  racks  of  the  yards,  pens,  sheds,  chutes,  allej^s,  etc.,  with 
a  5  per  cent  solution  of  pure  carbolic  acid,^  or  with  a  3  per  cent  solu- 
tion of  liquor  cresolis  compositus,  U.  S.  P.- 

This  Rule  ^,  which  for  the  purpose  of  identification  is  designated  as 
B.  A.  I.  Order  163,  will  become  and  be  effective  on  and  after  August 
12,  1909,  and  is  subject  to  amendment  or  revision  on  statutory  notice. 
Done  at  Washington  this  sixth  day  of  August, 
1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


*  A  small  amount  of  lime  may  be  added  to  this  solution. 

2  This  can   be  prepared   at   any  reliable  drug  store,  but  no  lime  should  be 


added  to  it. 


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